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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



[Established in 1873.] 



Devoted to Bees, Hooey, and Home Interests. 



Published Semi-monthly by 



The A. I. Root Co., - - Medina, Ohio. 



A. I. ROOT, Editor of Home and Gardening Dep'ts 



E. R. ROOT, Editor of ApicuUural Dept 



J. T. CALVERT, Bus. Mgr. 



A. I,. BOYDEN, ,Sec. 



TERMS. $1.00 per annum ; two years, Jl.oO ; three 

 years, $2.00; five years. $3.00, in advance; or two copies 

 to one address, $1.50 ; three copies, $2.00 ; five copies, 

 $3.75. The terms apply to the United States, Canada, 

 and Mexico. To all other countries 48 cents per year 

 extra for postage. 



DISCONTINUANCES. The journal is sent until 

 orders are received for its discontinuance. We give 

 notice just before the subscription expires, and further 

 notice if the first is not heeded. Any subscriber whose 

 subscription has expired, wishing his journal discon- 

 tinued, will please drop us a card at once; otherwise 

 we shall assume that he wishes his journal continued, 

 and will pay for it soon. Any one who does not like 

 this plan may have his journal stopped after the time 

 paid for by niaking his request when ordering. 



BEESWAX DECLINED. 



Un*il further notice we will pay 29c cash, or 31 in 

 trade, for average wax delivered here. We have a 

 large supply on hand, and the market is somewhat 

 easier than it was a few weeks ago. By July 1st the 

 price will likely go still lower. 



BUSINESS BOOMING. 



The demand for supplies continues in good volume 

 considering the cold wet weather prevailing in many 

 localities. We are catching up on carload orders, and 

 are shipping small orders with very little delay. Our 

 jobbers and distributing houses Hre supplied with 

 goods, or have them coming, so that they can fill most 

 orders by first train. 



HONEY-CANS. 



We have just received a carload of Sgallou cans, in 

 number about 4000. These are put up in boxes, one or 

 two per box, as required, and furnished at the prices 

 quoted in catalog. U e have di-tributed a good many 

 to our jobbers, who are prepared to furnish them 

 promptly. We still have here at Medina a quantity of 

 second hand cans, two in a case, at 84 oO for ten cases; 

 810.00 for 25 cases These are good for second-hand 

 cans, and well worth the money. 



DOOLITTLE'S HOME AND API.^RY FOR SALE. 



Mr. G. M. Doolittle desires to sell his home and 

 apiary, queen-rearing and all, for 82500. Any one 

 who desires particulars should write him direct. He 

 has a Very pretty place of about three acres, situated 

 near .some beautif\il lakes in some of the prettiest 

 country of York State. It is in this very locality 

 where he has done his best work, and made more 

 than a good living fr^m his bees. If he sells he will 

 move on to an estate of a sister lately deceased. 



GERMAN WAX-PRESS COVER. 



To those who have had trouble w^ith breakage to 

 cover-casting of the German wax-press, we can sup- 

 ply for $1 00 the new oak cross-bar reinforced with 

 metal casting threaded to fit a ^-inch screw 10 threads 

 to inch, single lead, or 8 threads to inch, double lead, 

 together with the lugs for attaching to the can and 

 cover to fit each side of the bar to close the top of the 

 can. This price is less than half what we would ordi- 

 narily charge for these parts, but is made with the 

 view of our .<-haring in the cost of replacinsr the covers 

 which have been broken in use. Although we tested 

 the cast cover carefully before adopting it, we later 

 found that too many of them broke in the hands of 

 users to warrant continuing to furnish that style. To 

 attach the new bar it will be necessary to drill four 

 holes through the rim for riveting on the new lugs for 

 clamping the bar to the can. The plnnger-plate must 

 be removed to insert the screw through the new bar, 

 when it inay be replaced. The first presses sent out 

 had single lead screw If) threads to the inch, while the 

 later machines had double lead screw 8 threads to the 

 inch. In ordering, be sure to specify for which style 

 of screw you want the bar threaded to fit. 



PAPER HONEY-BAGS. 



Our supply of paper honey-bags has not yet reached 

 us but we are expecting them now within a few days, 

 when we .shall be prepared to supply them at the 

 prices named below. 



Th2se are made of tough paper, straw color, printed 

 in two colors, with blank space for name and addre.ss 

 of producer or dealer, and extra-coated with paraffine. 

 They have been thoroughly tested, and proven to be a 

 success for candied extracted honey. See article in our 

 :March 1st issue for illustration and full particulars. 

 We have four sizes which we can supply at the follow- 

 ing prices : 



2-LB SIZE, 5x7J^. 5-LB. SIZE, 7 X 10. 



100 % SO I 100 51.20 



500....' .3.75 I 500 5.50 



1000 7.0^ 1 1001 10.50 



5000 @ 6.f0|5000 @ 10.00 



35^-LB. SIZE, 6x9J^. 10-LB SIZE, 10x10^ 



100 $1.00 I 100 $1.50 



500 4 75 1 500 7.00 



1000 875 ' 1000 13 50 



50OO @ 8.25 I 5000 @ 13.00 



We will print in name and address of producer or 

 dealer, in different quantities, at the following .sched- 

 ule of prices for any size : 



Lots of 101 30 cts. 



Lots of 250 ."^0 cts. 



Lots of .500 75 cts. 



Lots of 1000 $1.00. 



For each additional 1000. add 50 cents. Each change 

 of name and address counts as a separate order. For 

 instance. 1000 bags printed with four different names 

 and addresses, 250 of each, would be $2.00 : with ten 

 different names, $3 00, etc. As the bags must be print- 

 ed before they are made up and coated, we can not 

 change the label except in lots of 10 00 or over. We 

 have some p'ain 2-lb, size of dark-drab paper which 

 we can furnish plain at 52.00 per 1000 less than prices 

 quoted above, or we can print a smaller special label 

 in one color at above rates extra for printing. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



Our seed potatoes are all sold. 



W.^NTED — J.^P.ANESE BUCKWHEAT FOR SEED 



If j'ou have any, please mail us a sample, and tell 

 us how much you have and what you want for it. 



SACK FOR HOLDING SEED POTATOES TO GO WITH THE 

 HAND PLANTER. 



I should have mentioned this useful invention soon- 

 er. In our recent planting we found the bag a very 

 great convenience. One of our boys used it slung 

 behind his back, or partly so. In this way it is easier 

 to carry a bag of seed, as it leaves both hands untram- 

 eled; and this boy. only 15 years old, would reach 

 behind him and get a piece of potato about as easil 

 as if the bag were right in front. I would not be 

 without such a bag in using the hand planter, and I 

 do not see why it would not be a great convenience to 

 one who drops potatoes by hand. Price, all complete, 

 40 cts.; bj' mail, 20 cts. extra. 



